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Except that the government has less occulted views into our lives now, and that is a very bad thing. And, I'd push back saying that it is more convenient if you can afford it, but it is not simpler.

Simpler does not mean better. For everything we've gained we've lost so much more.

Trade offs. Easier usually means less satisfying but wtf do I know. Ha 🍻

Yes. Few

Is that a new Nostr client?

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Completely true. Nostalgia is a terrible guide for actions and choices. Time runs forward. Anyone telling you that they can essentially reverse time is lying to you, and just wants something from you.

some things are. dodging surveillance isn't.

Currencies are worth a fraction of what they used to be worth. Since currency is what people need to survive I would beg to differ.

Beer was cheaper 40 years ago. So too we're house prices.

OK I am open to this, how is it more "simple" today? In 1996 we talked to each other, I never worried about the cost of things, and I was not tethered to a connection 24/7. I am really interested in what makes today more simple in your view. Just because I do not see it right away, doesn't make it u...